Culinary tongs.



A. B. VREDENBURG. CULINARY TONGS.

Arvucmou man Aucm. 1915.

1,1 98,978. Pndsept. 19,1916.

3 AB. Vredenburg ARTHUR B. VREDENBURG, ,OF MCHAN'ICSVILLE, NEW YORK.

CULINARY TONGS Application filed August 31, 1915.

To alli/17mm t may concern: j

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. VREDEN- BURG, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mechanicsville, in the `county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented cer? tain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Tongs; and I do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to culinary tongs, and the primary object of this invention is to provide a device of this nature, which is applicable for numerous uses, such as eX- tracting corks from bottles, holding a cloth for cleaning lamp chimneys, fruit jars or the like, for holding small pieces of soap in lwater too hot for the hands or picking up articles which cannot be conveniently reached by an operators fingers, and numerous other uses arising in housekeeping.

Another object of this invention is to provide culinary tongs as specified, which are formed of a plurality of strands of wire, having a section of their length twisted, for forming a body, from one end of which the ends of the strands of wire extend longitudinally in loose formation for forming the clamping or gripping jaws of the tongs and to curve certain of the strands of wire for forming the resilient handle, to which is attached a ring for passing over the gripping tongs for moving them into and holding them in a gripping position.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters designate like or corresponding'parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved tongs, showing the gripping jaws closed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tongs showing the gripping tongs open.

Referring more particularly to the draw ing, 1 designates the tongs as an entirety, which are composed of strands of wire 2, 3, L and 5. The strands 2, 3, 4, and 5 are twisted, about each other, as is shown at 6', for forming a substantially rigid body to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19,119.16.

Serial No. 48,296.

the tongs. The free end portions of the strands of wire, which extend longitudinally from the lower end of the twisted stem or body 6, form gripping armsor membersand they have their terminals bent inwardly, and sharpened, as is shown at 7, for forming gripping jaws. Two of the strands of wire terminate, at the upper end of the body, as is shown at 8, and the remaining two strands of wire are curved to form a linger receiving pulling loop or eye, shown at 9, and wound about the body 6 at 10, from 'whence they extend outwardly, forming a handle 11. The strands of wire, which forni the resilient handle 11 are lcoiled intermediate the ends of the handle for forming a resilient convolution 12 for lending resiliency to the handle. One of the wires of which the handle 11 is formed terminates at the lower inner end of the handle, as is shown at 13, while the remaining strand is coiled about the body 6, as is shown at.. 14, and about itself, as at 15, extending downwardly substantially parallel with the body 6. An eye 16 is formed upon the lower end of the section 17 of the strand of wire which is coiled upon itself and about the handle 6, as at 14 and 15. The eye 16 is mounted about the body 6 and is provided for sliding over the free ends 18 of the strands 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the wire, which form the gripping jaws, for forcing these wires inwardly toward each other, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Vhen the handle 11 is compressed, as is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the ring or eye 16 will be moved upwardly or about the body 6, leaving the ends 1S of the strands of wire free for engagement with an article. Vhen pressure is relieved from the handle 11, it will swing downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, forcing the ring 16 downwardly over the free ends ofl the strands of wire, and move these ends toward each other for gripping the article for facilitating the moving of the same. If it is so desired, the convolution 12 may be used as a finger stall for facilitating the operation of the tongs.

In reducing the invention to, practice, certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled, provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

That I claim is:

A device of the class described including a plurality of strands of Wire having Jfree terminal portions at one end to form spring clamping arms or members, and twisted beyond the clamping arms or members, the twisted Wires forming a straight longitudinal body or stem and coils at the outer end thereof to form a finger receiving pulling loop and extended and bent to provide a resilient approximately U shaped handle portion, said handle portion being` coiled intermediate of its ends to form a finger receiving loop and having its terminal portion slidably connected With the stem or body and provided with means for embracing the arms or members for closing the same.

In testimony whereof I aX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

l ARTHUR B. VREDENBURG. Witnesses:

PETER B. VREDENBURG, JEANNETTI; VREDENBURG.

Uopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

